Article 1Member States shall collect Community statistics on the carriage of goods and passengers by seagoing vessels calling at ports in their territories.

Article 2DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Directive:1."carriage of goods and passengers by sea" means the movement of goods and passengers using seagoing vessels, on voyages which are undertaken wholly or partly at sea.The scope of this Directive shall also include goods:(a)shipped to offshore installations;(b)reclaimed from the seabed and unloaded in ports.Bunkers and stores supplied to vessels shall be excluded from the scope;2."seagoing vessels" means vessels other than those which navigate exclusively in inland waters or in waters within, or closely adjacent to, sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply.This Directive shall not apply to fish-catching vessels, fish-processing vessels, vessels for drilling and exploration, tugs, pusher craft, research and survey vessels, dredgers, naval vessels or vessels used solely for non-commercial purposes;3."port" means a place having facilities for merchant ships to moor and to load or unload cargo or to disembark or embark passengers to or from vessels;4."nationality of the maritime transport operator" means the country in which the effective centre of the transport operator's commercial activity is located;5."maritime transport operator" means any person by whom or on behalf of whom a contract for the transport for goods or persons by sea is concluded with a shipper or a passenger.

Article 3Data collection characteristics1.Member States shall collect data relating to the following domains:(a)cargo and passenger information;(b)information on the vessel.Vessels with a gross tonnage of less than 100 may be excluded from the data collection.2.The characteristics of the data collection, namely the statistical variables in each domain and the nomenclatures for their classification, as well as their periodicity of observation, are set out in the Annexes to this Directive.3.The data collection shall be based, in so far as possible, on available sources, limiting the burden on respondents.

Article 4Ports1.For the purposes of this Directive, a list of ports, coded and classified according to countries and maritime coastal areas, shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13.2.Each Member State shall select from this list any port handling mare than one million tonnes of goods or recording more than 200000 passenger movements annually.For a period of no more than tree years from the entry into force of this Directive, each Member State may select only ports handling more than two million tonnes of goods or recording more than 400000 passenger movements annually.For each port selected, detailed data are to be provided, in conformity with Annex VIII, for the domains (goods and passengers) in which that port meets the selection criterion, and with summary data, if appropriate, for the other domain.3.For the ports which are not selected from the list, summary data are to be provided in conformity with Annex VIII, data set A3.

Article 5Accuracy of statisticsThe methods of collecting data shall be such that Community sea transport statistics display the precision required for the statistical data sets described in Annex VIII. The standards of accuracy shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13.

Article 6Processing of the results of the collection of dataMember States shall process the statistical information collected pursuant to Article 3, in order to obtain comparable statistics, with the standard of accuracy provided for in Article 5.

Article 7Transmission of the results of the collection of data1.Member States shall transmit the results referred to in Article 3 to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, including the data declared confidential by the Member States pursuant to domestic legislation or practice concerning statistical confidentiality, in accordance with Council Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European CommunitiesOJ No L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1..2.The results shall be transmitted in accordance with the structure of the statistical data sets defined in Annex VIII. The technical details for transmission of the results will be specified in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13.3.The transmission of the results shall take place within five months of the end of the period of observation for data of quarterly periodicity and within eight months for data of annual periodicity.The first transmission shall cover the first quarter of 1997.

Article 8Reports1.Member States shall provide the Commission with all relevant information on the methods used in compiling the data. They shall also forward details of substantial changes in the methods used to collect the data.2.After data have been collected over a period of three years, the Commission shall submit a report to the Council on experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to this Directive.

Article 9Dissemination of statistical dataThe Commission shall disseminate appropriate statistical data with a periodicity comparable to that of the results transmitted.The arrangements for publication or dissemination of the statistical data by the Commission shall be adopted according to the procedure specified in Article 13.

Article 10Transitional period1.During a transitional period of no more than three years, derogations may, in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13, be granted pursuant to this Directive, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptation.2.During the transitional period referred to in paragraph 1 a programme of pilot studies concerning the following shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13:(a)feasibility and the cost to Member States and the respondents of collecting the following items of information:description of the goods as defined in Annex III and in Annex VIII, data set B1,passengers transported over short distances,information concerning feeder services and transport chains,data relating to the nationality of the maritime transport operator;(b)the possibility of collecting data under the arrangements concluded in the context of the simplification of trade procedures, the International Standards Organization (ISO), the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and international customs rules.The Commission shall inform the Council of the outcome of the pilot studies and shall submit to it proposals on the possibility of extending the system introduced by this Directive to set up a regular collection of these items of information.

Article 11Financial contribution1.For the first three years in which the statistical returns provided for in this Directive are made, Member States shall receive a financial contribution from the Community towards the cost of the work involved.2.The amount of the appropriations allocated annually for the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed as part of the annual budgetary procedures.3.The budget authority shall determine the appropriations available for each year.

Article 12Detailed rules of implementationThe detailed rules for implementing this Directive, including measures for adapting it to economic and technical developments, and in particular:adaptation of the data collection characteristics (Article 3) and of the content of the Annexes to this Directive in so far as such adaptation does not involve a substantial increase in cost for the Member States and/or the burden on respondents,a list of ports, updated on a regular basis by the Commission, coded and classified by country and maritime coastal area (Article 4),accuracy requirement (Article 5),the description of the composition of a data file and codes for transmission of the results to the Commission (Article 7),the arrangements for publication or dissemination of the data (Article 9),derogations from the provisions of this Directive to be granted during the transitional period, and the pilot studies scheduled (Article 10),the equivalent nomenclature in gross tonnage per group of vessels (Annex VII),shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13.

Article 131.The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee, set up by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom, hereinafter referred to as "the Committee".2.Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/ECCouncil Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23). shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.3.The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 14Implementation1.The Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 January 1997 at the latest. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.The provisions adopted by the Member States shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference when published officially. The procedure for making this reference shall be laid down by the Member States.2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by the Directive.

Article 15This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 16This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

nullANNEX IVARIABLES AND DEFINITIONS1.Statistical Variables(a)Cargo and passenger informationGross weight of goods in tonnes,type of cargo, according to the nomenclature shown in Annex II,description of the goods, using the nomenclature shown in Annex III,reporting port,direction of movement, whether inwards or outwards,for inward cargo: the port of loading (i.e. the port in which the cargo was loaded on to the ship in which it arrived in the reporting port) using individual ports in the European Economic Area (EEA) countries shown in the port list, and the maritime coastal areas outside the EEA countries, shown in Annex IV,for outward cargo: the port of unloading (i. e. the port in which the cargo is to be unloaded from the ship in which it left the reporting port) using individual ports in the EEA countries shown in the port list, and the maritime coastal areas outside the EEA countries, shown in Annex IV,number of passengers starting or finishing a voyage as well as number of cruise passengers on a cruise passenger excursion.For goods carried in containers or ro-ro units, the following additional particulars shall be provided:total number of containers (with and without cargo),number of containers without cargo,total number of mobile (ro-ro) units with and without cargo,number of mobile (ro-ro) units without cargo.(b)Information on the vesselNumber of vessels;deadweight of vessels or gross tonnage;country or territory of registration of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex V;type of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VI;size of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VII.2.Definitions(a)Freight container means an article of transport equipment:1.of a permanent nature and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use;2.specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading;3.fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to another;4.so designed as to be easy to fill and empty;5.having a length of 20 feet or more.(b)"Ro-ro unit" means wheeled equipment for carrying cargo, such as a truck, trailer or semi-trailer, which can be driven or towed onto a vessel. Port or ships' trailers are included in this definition. Classifications should follow United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21 "Codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging materials".(c)"Container cargo" means containers with or without cargo which are lifted on or off the vessels which carry them by sea.(d)"Ro-ro cargo" means goods, whether or not in containers, on ro-ro units, and ro-ro units which are rolled on and off the vessels which carry them by sea.(e)"Gross weight of goods" means the tonnage of goods carried, including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers or ro-ro units.(f)"Deadweight (DWT)" means the difference in tonnes between the displacement of a ship on summer load-line in water with a specific gravity of 1,025 and the total weight of the ship, i. e. the displacement in tonnes of a ship without cargo, fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh water and drinking water in the tanks, usable supplies as well as passengers, crew and their possessions.(g)"Gross tonnage" means the measure of the overall size of a ship determined in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.(h)"Cruise passenger" means a sea passenger making a sea journey on a cruise ship. Passengers on day excursions are excluded.(i)"Cruise ship" means a passenger ship intended to provide passengers with a full tourist experience. All passengers have cabins. Facilities for entertainment aboard are included. Ships operating normal ferry services are excluded, even if some passengers treat the service as a cruise. In addition, cargo-carrying vessels able to carry a very limited number of passengers with their own cabins are also excluded. Ships intended solely for day excursions are also excluded.(j)"Cruise passenger excursion" means a short visit by a cruise passenger to a tourist attraction associated with a port while retaining a cabin on board.ANNEX IITYPE OF CARGO CLASSIFICATION

These categories are consistent with United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21.The quantity recorded is the gross weight of the goods including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers and ro-ro-units.Only total number of units.

Category	Code1 digit	Code2 digits	Description	Tonnage	Number
Liquid bulk	1	1X	Liquid bulk goods (no cargo unit)	X
		11	Liquefied gas	X
		12	Crude oil	X
		13	Oil products	X
		19	Other liquid bulk goods	X
Dry bulk	2	2X	Dry bulk goods (no cargo unit)	X
		21	Ores	X
		22	Coal	X
		23	Agricultural products (e.g. grain, soya, tapioca)	X
		29	Other dry bulk goods	X
Containers	3	3X	Large containers	X	X
		31	20 ft freight units	X	X
		32	40 ft freight units	X	X
		33	Freight units > 20 ft and < 40 ft	X	X
		34	Freight units > 40 ft	X	X
Roll-on roll-off(self-propelled)	5	5X	Mobile self-propelled units	X	X
		51	Road goods vehicles and accompanying trailers	X	X
		52	Passenger cars, motorcycles and accompanying trailers/caravans		X
		53	Passenger buses		X
		54	Trade vehicles (including import/export motor vehicles)	X	X
		56	Live animals on the hoof	X	X
		59	Other mobile self-propelled units	X	X
Roll-on roll-off(non-self-propelled)	6	6X	Mobile non-self-propelled units	X	X
		61	Unaccompanied road goods trailers and semi-trailers	X	X
		62	Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	X	X
		63	Rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	X	X
		69	Other mobile non-self-propelled units	X	X
Other general cargo(including small containers)	9	9X	Other cargo, not elsewhere specified	X
		91	Forestry products	X
		92	Iron and steel products	X
		99	Other general cargo	X

ANNEX III

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Division	Description
01	Products of agriculture, hunting, and forestry; fish and other fishing products
02	Coal and lignite; crude petroleum and natural gas
03	Metal ores and other mining and quarrying products; peat; uranium and thorium
04	Food products, beverages and tobacco
05	Textiles and textile products; leather and leather products
06	Wood and products of wood and cork (except furniture); articles of straw and plaiting materials; pulp, paper and paper products; printed matter and recorded media
07	Coke and refined petroleum products
08	Chemicals, chemical products, and man-made fibres; rubber and plastic products; nuclear fuel
09	Other non-metallic mineral products
10	Basic metals; fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
11	Machinery and equipment n.e.c.; office machinery and computers; electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c.; radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus; medical, precision and optical instruments; watches and clocks
12	Transport equipment
13	Furniture; other manufactured goods n.e.c.
14	Secondary raw materials; municipal wastes and other wastes
15	Mail, parcels
16	Equipment and material utilised in the transport of goods
17	Goods moved in the course of household and office removals; baggage transported separately from passengers; motor vehicles being moved for repair; other non-market goods n.e.c.
18	Grouped goods: a mixture of types of goods which are transported together
19	Unidentifiable goods: goods which for any reason cannot be identified and therefore cannot be assigned to groups 01–16.
20	Other goods n.e.c.

ANNEX IVMARITIME COASTAL AREASThe nomenclature to be used is the Geonomenclature (the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States, originally drawn up by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75OJ L 183, 14.7.1975, p. 3.) in force in the year to which the data refer.The code consists of four digits: the ISO alpha 2 standard code for each country from the abovementioned nomenclature, followed by two zeros (e.g. code GR00 for Greece), except for countries which are divided into two or more maritime coastal areas, which are identified by a fourth digit other than zero (from 1 to 7), as below:

Code	Maritime coastal areas
FR01	France: Atlantic and North Sea
FR02	France: Mediterranean
FR03	French overseas departments: French Guiana
FR04	French overseas departments: Martinique and Guadeloupe
FR05	French overseas departments: Réunion
DE01	Germany: North Sea
DE02	Germany: Baltic
DE03	Germany: Inland
GB01	United Kingdom
GB02	Isle of Man
GB03	Channels Islands
ES01	Spain: Atlantic (North)
ES02	Spain: Mediterranean and Atlantic (South), including the Balearic and Canary Islands
SE01	Sweden: Baltic
SE02	Sweden: North Sea
TR01	Turkey: Black Sea
TR02	Turkey: Mediterranean
RU01	Russia: Black Sea
RU02	Russia: Baltic
RU03	Russia: Asia
MA01	Morocco: Mediterranean
MA02	Morocco: West Africa
EG01	Egypt: Mediterranean
EG02	Egypt: Red Sea
IL01	Israel: Mediterranean
IL02	Israel: Red Sea
SA01	Saudi Arabia: Red Sea
SA02	Saudi Arabia: Gulf
US01	United States of America: Atlantic (North)
US02	United States of America: Atlantic (South)
US03	United States of America: Gulf
US04	United States of America: Pacific (South)
US05	United States of America: Pacific (North)
US06	United States of America: Great Lakes
US07	Puerto Rico
CA01	Canada: Atlantic
CA02	Canada: Great Lakes and Upper Saint Lawrence
CA03	Canada: West Coast
CO01	Colombia: North Coast
CO02	Colombia: West Coast

With the additional codes

ZZ01	Offshore installations
ZZ02	Aggregates and not elsewhere specified

ANNEX VNATIONALITY OF REGISTRATION OF VESSELSThe nomenclature to be used is the Geonomenclature (the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States originally drawn up by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75OJ L 183, 14.7.1975, p. 3.) in force in the year to which the data refer.The code consists of four digits: the ISO alpha 2 standard code for each country from the above-mentioned nomenclature, followed by two zeros (e.g. code GR00 for Greece), except for countries with more than one register which are identified by a fourth digit other than zero, as below:

FR01	France
FR02	French Antarctic Territory (including the Kerguelen Islands)
IT01	Italy - first register
IT02	Italy - international register
GB01	United Kingdom
GB02	Isle of Man
GB03	Channel Islands
GB04	Gibraltar
DK01	Denmark
DK02	Denmark (DIS)
PT01	Portugal
PT02	Portugal (MAR)
ES01	Spain
ES02	Spain (Rebeca)
NO01	Norway
NO02	Norway (NIS)
US01	United States of America
US02	Puerto Rico

ANNEX VITYPE OF SHIP CLASSIFICATION (ICST-COM)

Not covered by this Directive.

	Type	Ship categories included
10	Liquid bulk	Oil tankerChemical tankerLG tankerTanker bargeOther tanker
20	Dry bulk	Bulk/oil carrierBulk carrier
31	Container	Full container
32	Specialized	Barge carrierChemical carrierIrradiated fuelLivestock carrierVehicle carrierOther specialised
33	General cargo, non-specialized	ReeferRo-ro passengerRo-ro containerOther ro-ro cargoCombination carrier general cargo/passengerCombination carrier general cargo/containerSingle deckerMulti-decker
34	Dry cargo barge	Deck bargeHopper bargeLash-seabee bargeOpen dry cargo bargeCoverd dry cargo bargeOther dry cargo barge nes
35	Passenger	Passenger (excluding cruise passengers)
36	Cruise Passenger	Cruise ships only
41	Fishing	Fish catchingFish processing
42	Offshore activities	Drilling and explorationOffshore support
43	Tugs	TugsPusher craft
49	Miscellaneous	DredgersResearch/surveyOther vessel nes
XX	Unknown	Unknown type of vessel

ANNEX VIIVESSEL SIZE CLASSESin deadweight (DWT) or in gross tonnage (GT)This classification applies only to vessels with a gross tonnage of 100 or more.

NB: If vessels with a gross tonnage of less than 100 were to be included pursuant to this Directive, they would be allocated class code "99".

Class	Lower limit		Upper limit
Class	DWT	GT	DWT	GT
01	—	100	up to 499	up to 499
02	500	500	999	999
03	1000	1000	1999	1999
04	2000	2000	2999	2999
05	3000	3000	3999	3999
06	4000	4000	4999	4999
07	5000	5000	5999	5999
08	6000	6000	6999	6999
09	7000	7000	7999	7999
10	8000	8000	8999	8999
11	9000	9000	9999	9999
12	10000	10000	19999	19999
13	20000	20000	29999	29999
14	30000	30000	39999	39999
15	40000	40000	49999	49999
16	50000	50000	79999	79999
17	80000	80000	99999	99999
18	100000	100000	149999	149999
19	150000	150000	199999	199999
20	200000	200000	249999	249999
21	250000	250000	299999	299999
22	≥ 300000	≥ 300000	—	—

ANNEX VIIISTRUCTURE FOR STATISTICAL DATA SETSThe data sets specified in this Annex define the periodicity for the maritime transport statistics required by the Community. Each data set defines a cross classification of a limited set of dimensions at different levels of the nomenclatures, aggregated across all other dimensions, for which statistics of good quality are required.The conditions for collecting data set B1 will be decided by the Council on a proposal from the Commission in the light of the results of the pilot study during a three-year transitional period as defined in Article 10 of this Directive.SUMMARY AND DETAILED STATISTICSThe data sets to be provided for selected ports for goods and passengers are A1, A2, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1 and/or F2.The data sets to be provided for selected ports for goods but not for passengers are A1, A2, A3, B1, C1, E1, F1 and/or F2.The data sets to be provided for selected ports for passengers but not for goods are A3, D1, F1 and/or F2.The data set to be provided for selected ports and for ports which are not selected (for neither goods nor passengers) is A3.Data set A1:Seaborne transport in the main European ports by port, type of cargo and relationPeriodicity:quarterly

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.

	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	A1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	One-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo, Annex II

Data set A2:Non-unit-load seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo and relationPeriodicity:quarterly

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.

	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	A2
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	Two-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo, (non-unit-load only) Annex II (subcategories 1X, 11, 12, 13, 19, 2X, 21, 22, 23, 29, 9X, 91, 92 and 99)

Data set A3:Data required for both selected ports and ports for which detailed statistics are not required (see Article 4(3))Periodicity:annual

Data:Gross weight of goods in tonnes.Number of passengers (excluding cruise passengers).Number of cruise passengers starting and ending a cruise.Number of cruise passengers on cruise passenger excursion: direction: inwards (1) only - (optional).

	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	A3
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(0)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	All ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)

Data set B1:Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, goods and relationPeriodicity:annual

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.

	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	B1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(0)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	One-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo, Annex II
	Commodity	Two-character alphanumeric	Goods nomenclature, Annex III

Data set C1:Unit-load seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, relation and loaded statusPeriodicity:quarterly

Data:Gross weight of goods in tonnes (type of cargo: subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 51, 54, 56, 59, 6X, 61, 62, 63 and 69).Number of units (type of cargo: subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 6X, 61, 62, 63 and 69).Number of units without cargo (type of cargo: subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 59, 6X, 61, 63 and 69).

	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	C1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	Two-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo (container, ro-ro only) Annex II (subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 6X, 61, 62, 63 and 69)

Data set D1:Passenger transport in the main European ports, by relation and nationality of registration of vesselPeriodicity:quarterly

Data: Number of passengers excluding cruise passengers starting and ending a cruise and cruise passengers on excursion

	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	D1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Nationality of registration of vessel	Four-character alphanumeric	Nationality of registration of vessels, Annex V

Data set E1:Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, relation and nationality of registration of vesselsPeriodicity:annual

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.

	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	E1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(0)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	One-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo, Annex II
	Nationality of registration of vessel	Four-character alphanumeric	Nationality of registration of vessels, Annex V

Data set F1:European port vessel traffic in the main European ports, by port, type and size of vessels loading or unloading cargo, embarking or disembarking passengers (including cruise passengers on cruise passenger excursion)Periodicity:quarterly

Data:Number of vessels;Dead weight of vessels in tonnes.

	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	F1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Type of vessel	Two-character alphanumeric	Type of ship, Annex VI
	Size of vessel DWT	Two-character alphanumeric	Dead weight size classes, Annex VII

Data set F2:European port vessel traffic in the main European ports, by port, type and size of vessels loading or unloading cargo, embarking or disembarking passengers (including cruise passengers on cruise passenger excursion)Periodicity:quarterly

Data:Number of vessels;Gross tonnage of vessels.

	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	F2
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Type of vessel	Two-character alphanumeric	Type of ship, Annex VI
	Size of vessel GT	Two-character alphanumeric	Gross tonnage size classes, Annex VII

Council directive 95/64/EC of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea